The most precious possesion in the UNIVERSE!
- Scrapyard Ape
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The most precious possesion in the UNIVERSE!
It is something nearly every one of us has handled many times, yet very few of us actually possess one. Try obtaining one for yourself and you get either a blank stare or open hostility. Forget trying to steal one for yourself because they are protected by vicious gangs and kept under tighter guard than the gold a Fort Knox.... if you are lucky enough to actually abscond with one, "THEY" will eventually find you and reclaim their item.
Should you try to take the reasonable approach and attempt to purchase one for yourself, you get laughed at. You also run up against a wall of silence and secrecy akin to the "Omerta" code of the Cosa Nostra.
Should you try to find one online, you run up against that hideous demon known simply as "Minimum Order" who makes it impossible to obtain one unless you buy at least three others just like the first.(and really, you only need one... if you want one that is)
What is this thing? I'm glad you asked.(even if you did not)
I'm talking about one of THESE!
WHY I need one is not important.... I just need one and am running into the most horrifying cesspool of silence, threats, and purchase minimums I've ever encountered.
Rant over.... move along everyone.
Should you try to take the reasonable approach and attempt to purchase one for yourself, you get laughed at. You also run up against a wall of silence and secrecy akin to the "Omerta" code of the Cosa Nostra.
Should you try to find one online, you run up against that hideous demon known simply as "Minimum Order" who makes it impossible to obtain one unless you buy at least three others just like the first.(and really, you only need one... if you want one that is)
What is this thing? I'm glad you asked.(even if you did not)
I'm talking about one of THESE!
WHY I need one is not important.... I just need one and am running into the most horrifying cesspool of silence, threats, and purchase minimums I've ever encountered.
Rant over.... move along everyone.
~Greg
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This falls under the "THEY will eventually find you and reclaim their item" clause in my initial rant. "THEY" being the rampaging gangs of supermarket parking lot attendants. They always reclaim their lost treasures sooner or later.Baloosh wrote:Dude, if homeless vagrants can score them with minimal effort, you shouldn't have any problems.
Offer the next vagrant you notice in the alley $20 for his/hers.
~Greg
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If there were such a thing as an Erector Set for adults, you could build one fairly easily. If you could get one made mostly from wood, it would be different enough from the "real" ones that nobody would hassle you, except to ask where you got it so they could get one, too.
In fact, I think that someone making decent wood shopping carts could do well for himself. Maybe even wood-looking plastic ones, which would have a weight advantage.
In fact, I think that someone making decent wood shopping carts could do well for himself. Maybe even wood-looking plastic ones, which would have a weight advantage.
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Check over the edge of bridges along small creeks and rivers in town. Seems to be a popular place where many go to die. Might find one that can be nursed back to health.
-Tom-
What the heck - lets just keep mixin' stuff together till it blows up or smells REALLY bad!!
Wet Shaving Missionary - "Have you been shaved?"
What the heck - lets just keep mixin' stuff together till it blows up or smells REALLY bad!!
Wet Shaving Missionary - "Have you been shaved?"
- With The Grain
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How about a group buy? You should post a group buy suggestion in the sales and trades forum on www.cartmyshopping.com...
What happens to the carts at stores that go out of business? I mean after they sit there unused and empty in the period leading up to the store going out of business.
What happens to the carts at stores that go out of business? I mean after they sit there unused and empty in the period leading up to the store going out of business.
Give us the luxuries, and we will forgo the necessities.
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be toasty for the rest of his life.
Dominic
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be toasty for the rest of his life.
Dominic
Ha! I've got one. There are many sitting idle, if you know where to look, hidden behind vegetation and in little crannies by the base of most fishing piers and bridges in the Florida Keys.
Perfect for carrying your tackle box, radio, booze filled cooler, rods, camping chairs, lanterns, etc.. for those long few hundred yards to get to your 'sweet spot'. I once found a pristine unit, and it went home with me. I've even pimped it out. Replaced the wheels, slapped on hunter green paint to match my equipment, and placed a drunk-looking Jimmy Buffet and The Doors sticker on a front mounted panel, which I surmise must have advertised Campbell's Soup or toilet paper some time ago.
Perfect for carrying your tackle box, radio, booze filled cooler, rods, camping chairs, lanterns, etc.. for those long few hundred yards to get to your 'sweet spot'. I once found a pristine unit, and it went home with me. I've even pimped it out. Replaced the wheels, slapped on hunter green paint to match my equipment, and placed a drunk-looking Jimmy Buffet and The Doors sticker on a front mounted panel, which I surmise must have advertised Campbell's Soup or toilet paper some time ago.
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I could hear Gordon now..Scrapyard Ape wrote:You mean discontinued English shopping carts, right?drumana wrote:Buy three of them and then sell the other two on the B/S/T forum. Just say they are English shopping carts.
'Greg, Well, they don't quite ride as smooth as they used to. Gosh. But oh well, we must make do with what we have.'
So, we can assume that neither
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would work. Hmm. Then, I kindly direct you to
http://www.shopcarriage-trade.com/carriagepage1.html
You can buy shopping carts there (one at a time), in metal, plastic, small, medium, large, etc. You even get some color choices to make sure it matches whatever you need it for!
Shipping is motor freight only. Of course, since they are "up" in Mass., maybe they could just give it a could shove and it would roll in your direction?
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would work. Hmm. Then, I kindly direct you to
http://www.shopcarriage-trade.com/carriagepage1.html
You can buy shopping carts there (one at a time), in metal, plastic, small, medium, large, etc. You even get some color choices to make sure it matches whatever you need it for!
Shipping is motor freight only. Of course, since they are "up" in Mass., maybe they could just give it a could shove and it would roll in your direction?
Brent
Tondeo ergo sum.
Tondeo ergo sum.
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Used one for years in my grandfather's restuarant in California...they are like little SUVs. You can toss everything in 'em, move stuff from place to place...we'd move supplies from building to building. Heck, I moved furniture on top of one once!
Greg, you are brilliant!
Greg, you are brilliant!
Jack
"All you need is love, love...love is all you need."
"All you need is love, love...love is all you need."
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